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Re: ForeFlight weight balance

Post by wrightbro1 »

So your forward CG limit inputs would be your AC empty wt at ~12.2" and Max (Gross) wt at ~13.5". Again, adjust numbers to match your AC's W&B.
Aft CG limits inputs would be AC empty wt at ~14.5" and Max (Gross) wt at ~17.7". Again, adjust numbers to match your AC's W&B.
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Re: ForeFlight weight balance

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Here's my w&b profile in foreflight: https://plan.foreflight.com/wb/share/ac ... fdb6VgmJm3
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Re: ForeFlight weight balance

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I don't know anything about Foreflight, but the empty CG range is not a limit. In the words of Captain Jack Sparrow, it's more like a guideline.

It means that if your empty CG falls within the prescribed range and you adhere to the gross weight limit and baggage limit then you don't have to do any CG calculations. No reason you can't fly the plane if the empty CG is outside the range, as long as you can load it so that your loaded CG stays inside the "real" limits without exceeding gross and baggage limits.

Technically, you could fly the plane at 972 lbs gross as long as the CG fell within the 13.5-17.7" range, and you could find a pilot and fuel that weighed nothing.

[Edit]I guess my point is, the fore and aft CG limits are the same (13.5 and 17.7) irrespective of weight.
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Re: ForeFlight weight balance

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Doesn’t the manual say that as long you don’t exceed baggage weight limitation and max gross limitation the aircraft will be within CG limits?
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Re: ForeFlight weight balance

Post by meloosifah »

For ForeFlight, I use max zero fuel as 1450 and it works perfect.
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